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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456724603321

Titolo

Mathematical understanding of infectious disease dynamics [[electronic resource] /] / editors Stefan Ma, Yingcun Xia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey, : World Scientific, c2009

ISBN

1-282-44100-0

9786612441004

981-283-483-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes series, , 1793-0758 ; ; v. 16

Altri autori (Persone)

MaStefan

XiaYingcun

Disciplina

614.4015118

Soggetti

Communicable diseases - Epidemiology - Mathematical models

Medicine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; The Basic Epidemiology Models: Models, Expressions for R0, Parameter Estimation, and Applications Herbert W. Hethcote; Epidemiology Models with Variable Population Size Herbert W. Hethcote; Age-Structured Epidemiology Models and Expressions for R0 Herbert W. Hethcote; Clinical and Public Health Applications of Mathematical Models John W. Glasser; Non-identifiables and Invariant Quantities in Infectious Disease Models Ping Yan

Sommario/riassunto

The Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the National University of Singapore hosted a research program on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases: Dynamics and Control from 15 August to 9 October 2005. As part of the program, tutorials for graduate students and junior researchers were given by leading experts in the field.